"nightline" in bellevue, washington. >> the face says it all. that fancy mac and cheese recipe can be found at the "nightline" page at abcnews.com. thank you for watching. "gma" will have the latest on the breaking stories. have a great weekend, everybody. >> dicky: tonight on "jimmy kimmel live" -- >> jimmy: anthony weiner is still in the news for the worst possible reason. is it too late to tell people it's pronounced whiner? >> dicky: kathy griffin. director j.j. abrams. and music from friendly fires. >> jimmy: the only thing that could possibly make this right, i think, is if we find out weiner's wife got pregnant by arnold schwarzenegger.

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tonight -- kathy griffin. director j.j. abrams. and music from friendly fires. with cleto and the cletones. ♪ it's "jimmy kimmel live" >> dicky: and now, hold on, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: wow, thank you very much. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thank you for being here. thank you for washing yourselves before you came. good hygiene is very important to me. tonight from dallas, texas, game five of the nba finals here on abc. the pressure tonight squarely on lebron james' tattooed shoulders. lebron scored only eight points in the fourth game.

he only took one shot in the fourth quarter. just to put that in perspective, kobe bryant took more shots for the heat in the fourth quarter of the game and he's on the lakers. i think it's the halftime as we tape the show. it's been quite a series for the mavericks' dirk nowitzki. he might get his own space jam movie after this thing. he scored 21 points a game in game four despite having a cold and fever. which, there is no sadder sight than a giant german with the sniffles. the worst part of a seven-foot player with 101-degree fever is? taking their temperature. you actually need a lightsaber to get up there and -- [ laughter ] the people of dallas are in love with dirk nowitzki right now. listen to the pregame introduction. >> and at forward, in his 13th season, from germany, number 41,

dirk -- nowitzki! >> jimmy: well, that's -- see that, i should -- i should get that from you, dicky. [ applause ] the cold and fever aren't the only physical obstacles dirk has had to overcome during this series. he's also battling a torn tendon in his finger and being white. [ laughter ] two strikes. in college football news, president obama honored the ncaa champion auburn tigers at the white house yesterday. his former press secretary, robert gibbs, is i guess a big fan of the tigers. he brought his son to the ceremony. you can see here, obama had a very hard time getting the helmet onto the kid's head. you'd think with those ears, he would be more sensitive to something like that, but -- it's like bp trying to cap the oil spill. if i said it once, i said it

100,000 times. first, you dip the child's head in butter. then you squeeze the helmet on to his head. there's a heat wave settling on about half of the country right now. much of the southeast and midwest had temperatures over 100 degrees today. it got so hot in new york, a congressman there took off his pants and tweeted a picture of it. [ laughter ] anthony weiner is still in the news for the worst possible reason. is it too late for him to tell people it's pronounced "wine-er"? as i'm sure you're aware, earlier this week, congressman weiner admitted to having tweeted a picture of his crotch to a college student in seattle and to having inappropriate relationships with other women online. today, a fifth woman from georgia was identified as yet another one of his online sexting partner. every time a new woman comes out, all i can imagine is tiger

woods sitting somewhere latughig his ass off. but this guy, this conservative blogger named andrew breitbart got his hands on an x-rated photo but he said he wouldn't release it out of respect for weiner's family. he wound up accidentally releasing it. for some reason, i looked at it. and i'm not sure why, you know, after like the eighth minute of searching online to see pictures of a congressman's penis, you really have to start questioning yourself. [ laughter ] obviously, we can't show you the picture because there's strict anti-penis laws but we can show you this suggestive-looking picture of a carrot. it looks something like this. carrots are very good for the eyes. this might be why paris hilton can see in the dark. or it might not. i don't know. many of weiner's democratic colleagues are calling for him to resign to, quote, preserve his dignity, which i think -- i think that ship sailed out of his underpants already. no one is more outraged, and

rightly so, than a man who has absolutely nothing to do with this story and that man is donald trump. >> anthony weiner is a bad guy. he's a psycho. and when this came out, i was not surprised at all. >> jimmy: really? not at all? you know what surprises me? the fact that donald trump has not just one but two pairs of scissors in his office. and he uses neither one of them on his head. by the way, that's when you know you're rich is when you're in the two pairs of scissors club. weiner's been very busy apologizing to his family, the public. he even apologized to former president clinton who officiated his wedding over the summer. what exactly was he apologizing to clinton for? stealing his moves? the clintons are reportedly very unhappy about the weiner situation. again. [ laughter ] and to make matters even worse, "the new york times" reported yesterday that weiner's wife is pregnant. the only thing that could possibly make this right i think

is if we find out weiner's wife got pregnant by arnold schwarzenegger. [ applause ] you know, it's -- it's funny, it's humorous, when a man named weiner gets mixed up in something like this but ultimately it's sad for his family, it makes people trust their government less. these sorts of things shouldn't happen. there's one group doing their best to get to the bottom of why powerful men get involved in shenanigans like this. they have a plan to make sure nothing like this ever happens again. >> bill clinton. arnold schwarzenegger. eliot spitzer. john mccain. john edwards. newt gingrich. jim mcagrcgreevey. anthony weiner. thomas jefferson. and many, many more. political sex scandals are everywhere. but there is a way you can stop them. cut off their testicles. >> ow! >> paid for by no testicles, no problem. >> i'm hillary clinton and i

approve this message. [ applause ] >> jimmy: and why wouldn't you? rapper flo-rida was arrested earlier for miami beach for driving his $1.7 million bugadi while under the influence. this is kind of funny. when the officer tried to conduct the walk the line test, he said, officer, i can't do this, i don't feel like i can walk a straight line, i've had a few drinks. let's try another test. maybe we can schedule it for next week when i'm not so loaded? that didn't go over with the police. they asked him to walk a straight line. unfortunately, he hit the floor and next thing you know shorty got low, low, low, low, low, and then -- [ applause ] it looks like he's going to have to flo ride a bike for a little while. speaking of bikes. this is a video of a little boy named owen who was very excited about the fact he learned to ride his bike. he's become a viral video sensation. almost 2 million people watched this video on youtube. watch here. you'll see why. >> i feel happy with myself. >> i feel happy of myself too.

you got any words of wisdom? what about for all the other kids trying to learn to ride their bike? can you say anything to them? >> everybody, i know you can believe in yourself. if you believe in yourself, you will know how to ride a bike. if you don't, you just keep practicing. you will get the hang of it. i know it. if you -- if you keep practicing, you will get the hang of it and then you can get better and better at it if you get -- if you do it. >> give me some thumbs up. >> thumbs up, everybody. >> all right. >> rock and roll! [ applause ] >> jimmy: that's inspiring. i've never had a pep talk from a 6-year-old before. did that inspire you at all, guillermo? >> yes, jimmy, inspired me. >> jimmy: you don't know how to -- you didn't know how before? >> no, jimmy -- >> jimmy: to ride a bike?

>> now i believe in myself. now i know how to ride a bike. >> jimmy: you think as a result of this video, you know how to ride a bike? >> yes, i do. i believe in myself. >> jimmy: he believes in himself. i don't know why he's leaving but it's good -- oh, i see. because you know how to ride a bike. now you're going to get on the bike and -- look at that. oh, isn't that adorable. there he goes. [ cheers and applause ] be careful. okay, good, yes, walk, that's very good, walk the bike down the stairs. >> i'm so happy of myself. >> jimmy: we're all happy of yourself, guillermo. we're very, very -- oh, well. well, you know what, he had a good run. he's probably fine. his father was a pinata. he'll be -- he'll be all right, right? i have great news for all you fellas out there. snooki from "jersey shore" is back on the market.

snooki and her boyfriend of eight months, have reportedly broken up, which is very -- you know, if that drunken tangerine little angel can't find true love, what hope is there for the rest of us? they apparently ended their relationship while he was visiting snooki in italy where she's currently shooting season four of "jersey shore." so, back to the zoo to pick out a new gorilla, i guess. she'll bounce back. she has to. she's the size and color of a basketball so -- [ applause ] this is a -- this is pretty good. the uk tv channel sky news was doing a story on how the elderly are cared for while they're in a hospital which isn't funny but what is funny was this. >> on the report of the care of the elderly in the hospital, i'd like to speak to the chief executive the nursing and midwifery council. i'm sure when many people were reading about this story this

morning, they couldn't believe their eyes, sir, what about you? >> i agree. i couldn't believe my eyes either. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that makes two of us i guess. i think i have a new favorite muppet. [ laughter ] and one more thing, it's thursday night. it's time for our weekly tribute to the fcc where we bleep and blur things whether they need it or not. it's "this week in unnecessary censorship." >> to be fair, i have never [ bleep ] any of these women or had physical relations at any time. >> i'm not here to [ bleep ] weiner. that's all i'm going to say. >> you realize you [ bleep ] up about paul revere, don't you? >> you know what, i didn't [ bleep ] up about paul revere. >> dwyane wade has taken 13 [ bleep ], j.b. and dirk has onto taken eight [ bleep ]. that's not enough [ bleep ]. >> joining us is andrew breitbart, the man with the big [ bleep ]. >> this is mine. >> i want to [ bleep ] you

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>> jimmy: hi there, welcome back. tonight on the show, the bespectacled writer and director of the new movie "super 8," j.j. abrams is here. i went and saw the movie last night. it's a good one. you don't have to have seen "super 1" through "7" to see what's going on. and with music from this, it is their new album, it's called "pala," friendly fire from the bud light outdoor stage. next week, we'll be joined by elle fanning, who's great in "super 8." cedric the entertainer. author and inventor ray kurzweil, gordan ramsay, the screaming chef, and music from ice cube. and our prime-time "gamenight" special, before or after the nba finals, depending on where you live with special appearances by dwyane wade and shaquille o'neal, so good times. [ applause ] our next -- our first guest

tonight you know from her numerous stand-up specials, broadway shows, reality programs and occasional outbursts of profanity on new year's eve. her new standup special is called "kathy griffin: girl down." it premiered ju es june 22nd on. please say hello to kathy griffin! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you look great. it seems like you're more physically fit every time i see you. >> well, i'm angry and bitter and hungry all the time. >> jimmy: oh, good. >> it's working. >> jimmy: otherwise, doing all right? >> no, i'm not. i'm having a hard time. >> jimmy: you are? >> she's gone, jimmy. >> jimmy: who's gone? >> she said farewell and i am not taking it well. >> jimmy: who did? >> oprah! >> jimmy: oh. >> oprah! i can't stand it when you sit there like nothing happened because it did happen and she's gone. >> jimmy: it's so painful, i think i blocked it out. >> i'm sorry, we're going to

have to recover memory. because that whole extravaganza which i would liken to a combo of the super bowl and academy awards except way better was such an amazing -- >> jimmy: her farewell week. you have to throw some of michael jackson's funeral in there too because it was -- >> oh, we'll go there, we're not afraid to go there. and then of course the last day was just a sermon. just a sermon with her and that salmon dress with some draping off to the side and giving a shoutout to the lord. it was ridiculous. and i'm not having all the praise for one more second. now, i will say it isn't just me because i wisely watched the two, like, star-studded extravaganza good nights with my 90-year-old alcoholic mother who is here tonight -- >> jimmy: oh, you brought a picture of your mom -- [ applause ] >> jimmy: is this -- >> here is a picture of my mom, halfway through a box of wine.

really, you're cheering? you're cheering that she's still drinking? and right -- why not? and so my mom was yelling inappropriate things at the television. >> jimmy: at oprah? >> can you imagine? she had to be hammered to yell at the almighty oprah. yelling things like, oh, for god's sake, she's not the messiah. you'd think she was jesus h. christ at this point. and my favorite was, it's not like she's judge judy. [ applause ] >> jimmy: really? >> which is -- [ applause ] that would be a sendoff. that would be a sendoff. but i will say there are some parts i found sort of mystifying. oprah's odd ponytail that looked like the back of a horse. it was very chopped off. >> jimmy: i didn't notice that. >> at one point this little white opera singer who was about 6 years old came out and even tom cruise looked flummoxed and that takes a lot. there was so many stars it was almost as if she got bored after a while.

like, oh, josh groban. ladies and gentlemen, patti labelle. whatever. wrap it up. but i did enjoy the most insufferable moment which is maya angelou reading that awful poem over and over. oprah. oprah. oprah. oprah. am i exaggerating? she said it 17 times in a row. oprah was like, i got it, that's my name. i was fascinated by the so-called appearance by stedman because i still maintain he's a hologram. he's missing. he's not been seen. have you seen stedman? >> jimmy: i've never seen him. i've never touched him, that's for sure. >> well, no. >> jimmy: will you be watching the own network? >> i am obsessed with own. >> jimmy: oh, you are? >> how are you doing with "the judds"? >> jimmy: i'm doing great with them. >> okay. first of all, who is the mother and who is the daughter? >> jimmy: there's naomi and winona and ashley. >> my theory is elvis is her real father. she looks just like -- look at

her. she looks just like elvis or lisa marie. that's a family shrouded in secrets. and i love own because it's all women on buses sobbing. [ laughter ] and that's all they do. they get on a bus with a life coach. we should do that sometime. we should get a life coach. >> jimmy: sure, why not? >> and just cry it out. and do you find that you wake up every morning like shania twain and just say "why not?" why not? shania's on a journey. she's on a bus crying also. >> jimmy: why is she on a bus? >> why not? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's a good question. >> that's the frame of mind when you're watching own. >> jimmy: so no particular reason. >> yeah. >> jimmy: but you are watching own. >> i can't believe you're having sarah ferguson on next week. >> jimmy: you excited about that? >> "finding sarah." i want to find her right now. that's going to be fantastic. she was trying to sell the husband for 500 pounds. a million if he hugs you. oh, that's going to be yummy. >> jimmy: yeah, i got to get into that with her. >> yeah, they're all good. >> jimmy: isn't that a crime? shouldn't she be in jail right now? >> no, she should have a reality show on own. >> jimmy: you brought some photographs.

owe i know you were in new york last week. >> now i'm really running in the high fashion couture world where i belong. >> jimmy: are you really? >> yes, now that i'm a teen model. and i b.s.'d my way into this event called the fdcas, something like that. it was a high fashion thing. i was on the red carpet and it was so tacky, because i would not leave that red carpet. i saw so many celebrities. and you know who had the most security out of everybody by far? >> jimmy: who? >> olsen twins. >> jimmy: really? >> yes, i don't think barack obama was safe that night because it's as if they had all his security. >> jimmy: how many do you think they had? >> they had, like, 16 guys, going, back away, back away! they're little with those big "children of the corn" eyes like this. [ applause ] and they pose like that. and if you try to touch one, they will cut you. >> jimmy: who is this? you took a picture on the red carpet. >> at the end, i had to wait and wait. wild horses couldn't get me off that red carpet when i saw lady gaga show up.

>> jimmy: that's a prize for you, lady gaga. >> that is a fantastic get. she has on this blue wig. she wears these stilts like this, and they're sort of shoes. she's very beautiful. she's this big, she's tiny. she had a corset on and a train that was about 15-feet long. and i took that photo because as she was walking in those shoes, her train was gathering all of the garbage and debris of new york city. [ laughter ] and nobody would believe me unless i took the picture because i'm sure it was fabulous haute couture. and yet as you can see, there's some, like, garbage remnants there. >> jimmy: oh, i -- >> i think there's a little like urine-soaked toilet paper and maybe some candy wrappers. >> jimmy: lady gaga cleaning up new york city. really nice of her. she's a giant swiffer right there. >> exactly. and she was born that way. >> jimmy: we're going to take a quick break here. kathy griffin. her new special premieres june 22nd at 9:00 on bravo. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] the iphone 3gs from at&t.

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kathy griffin. j.j. abrams and friendly fire still to come. happy birthday i want to say to your mom. >> my mom's 91st birthday is tomorrow, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: are you having a big party? >> we're having a big party. the featured gift is a box of wine. she'll be tipping it. then she'll black out for a while. later when you talk to to her, she'll say none of it happened. >> jimmy: sounds like a lot of fun. >> she might slip you a roofy, be careful. >> jimmy: i know you -- our next guest, j.j. abrams -- >> he was my groundling student when i was a teacher there. i've known him for a really long time. we went on a double date one time. i can't remember if i [ bleep ] him or not. >> jimmy: is it because of the box of wine? >> no, i don't even drink. we went for frozen yogurt. that's how easy i am, by the way. it's like a frozen yogurt and -- never mind. >> jimmy: i'll ask him when he gets out here. >> i don't think i did. i hope he liked it. i can't remember. >> jimmy: not only you have this big -- >> i'm america's sweetheart.

go ahead. >> jimmy: this is your ninth stand-up special televised? >> yes, i'm doing four stand-up specials just in one year on bravo called "girl down." it's a lot of scandalous talk, it's real-life stories and ridiculousness. i'm also doing as a challenge to myself four lifetime movies in one year. >> jimmy: wow. >> they're all bio pics. >> jimmy: oh, bio pics. >> i brought a clip tonight. it's pretty moving. >> jimmy: we have the clip here. we don't have to set it up? we'll just show it. >> i don't think you do. >> jimmy: this is your new bio pic which comes out soon. ♪ >> she was a simple housekeeper from mexico. he was a simple governor from austria. >> oh, la. >> she was there to clean but he wanted it dirty.

>> ay! >> there's was a forbidden love. >> i want to ravish you. i want to hear the -- >> que? >> i'm going to give you pleasure that will be unbelievable intensification. >> ooh. >> your body's a wonderland. our love making will be inconceivable. >> no comprehende. >> da! >> senor? >> hasta la vista. baby? >> oh! >> kathy is mildred patty baena. and introducing kevin nealon. in the role of a lifetime. >> dada. >> quiet, baby. >> dada.

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>> jimmy: hi there, we are back. kathy griffin is with us. friendly fire on the way. our next guest is a brilliant man who has bettered our lives are far too many great shows and movies to mention. his terrific new film which he wrote, directed and produced with steven spielberg is called "super 8." >> oh, my god! >> run! >> oh, my god! >> run! >> jimmy: "super 8" opens in theaters tomorrow. please welcome j.j. abrams. [ cheers and applause ]

>> wow. oh, my lord. >> jimmy: we'll begin with the question that we need answered which is, did you make sweet, sweet love to kathy griffin after frozen yogurt? >> i do remember. that night. and we were actually kind of a support team for two friends of ours. >> our other friends. we did just have yogurt. >> we did. it was delicious yogurt. >> jimmy: well, that's a shame. by the way, i saw your movie last night. and you've done it again. it's fantastic. >> oh, you're very sweet, thank you very much. thank you. thank you. [ applause ] >> jimmy: the reaction was -- and, we found this. this is pretty cool. this is from 1982. this is "l.a. times" article called the beardless wonders of film-making. you can see these kids in the picture here. and one of these kids is j.j. >> yep. >> jimmy: you made a short film. >> yeah, it was a film festival

at a local theater in los angeles. and matt reeves and i were two of the people in -- who had films in the festival. >> jimmy: this article was seen by -- >> well, steven spielberg saw the article and his office called matt the next day and said would you and the other kid without a beard be interested in repairing these movies steven made when he was a kid? >> jimmy: he physically turned movies over to you? >> that's the thing that's insane. when you make movies, it's not like there are copies. these are the original films he made when he was a teenager. they were in disrepair so we had to repair the splices. it was insane. it was like giving us -- you think, the value of those things was so enormous. like giving us the mona lisa and say, will you clean this? like dogs are walking past it and, you know -- >> jimmy: you did it in your house? >> yeah, on it is floor of our bedroom. >> jimmy: how cheap is steven spielberg that he would turn -- >> it was crazy.

it doesn't make any sense he would entrust two strangers that were 15 years old to repair these movies. >> jimmy: he's lucky you didn't use them to make -- as rolling papers or something, i mean -- >> well, i wanted to steal a frame because it said written and directed by steve spielberg. jshg. >> jimmy: steve? >> i was like, come on, we have to, and matt was like, no. >> jimmy: you're lucky. it could have been disastrous. you might not be working with him now. >> this is true. >> jimmy: when he's the producer of your movie, does he do anything? >> he was amazing. we worked on the script together. with casting. he spent hours in the editing room with me. it was amazing because he'd be sitting there. it would be crazy because there was steven spielberg and there was so many times i'd work on something and think, what the hell would steven spielberg do? and we'd be in the editing room, he'd say, you know what i'd do? he'd make a suggestion. there he is right there, telling me what he would do. it was very cool. >> jimmy: you have to listen to everything he suggests, right? you can't reject anything -- >> he is the greatest collaborator. when you get past the oh, my god, it's steven spielberg. he's just a great guy with

amazing ideas. >> jimmy: how do you get past the oh, my god, it's steven spielberg? >> it takes time. >> jimmy: i would think so. >> at first you are like -- and you reference movies that you love and you're like, oh, he directed that, [ bleep ]. and you don't want to make it seem like you're being a sycophant but it's hard when you're working with him, especially with a movie that has kids and bikes and otherworldly stuff. not to reference the -- you know. >> jimmy: yeah. and the kids, by the way, are not all professional actors. these are kids you found somewhere? >> two of the kids on the movie had never been on the set of anything before. so it was -- they were terrified at the beginning and i was terrified. they ended up being spectacular. they're amazing kids. i just didn't want, like, professional actors who are acting like kids, you know what i'm saying? these kids came in to audition. they'd be like, okay, so how do you want it? i just want you to be a kid. these kids came in. they were just really naturally talented and they weren't jaded, they weren't, like, hollywood fake people.

>> jimmy: did they get right into it, or was there a period where you were like -- >> the first couple days, i was so scared that -- i was in a panic honestly. among other people that i bothered, i called rob reiner, who had done "stand by me" which is one of my favorite movies. this amazing group of kids. i said, rob, please, you know, can you give me something, just anything? he's like, well, do you love the kids? i'm like, they're great kids. he's like, they have good instincts? i'm like, i think they do. he was like, i was an actor, we had four months of acting school. what can i tell you? he was not helping at all. it was a disaster. but he, you know, just said just give it a couple days. he was 100% right. they calmed down and frankly -- >> jimmy: and you calmed down. and did steven spielberg calm down? >> i hadn't met him yet, i don't know. he was actually filming another movie. so when i was shooting, he only came to the set a few times. but he would send me videos of stuff. we kept in touch. >> jimmy: in a way this movie is kind of -- it's like your life

story except with a monster. you didn't have a monster in your real life, right? >> not a real one but there was, you know, making movies was a way as a kid -- like with "super 8 film" to sort of test out things and kind of, you know, take movies that we loved and sort of things we were afraid of and sort of, you know, make movies about them, kind of express ourselves, get it out there. the idea of -- we would do these violent horrible deaths. we would film things that were like horrible, sick, crazy things. we'd make a ton of fake blood and use all of it. and we would do things like -- i remember one time i did a fight scene and we made it look like there was a guy hanging off a five-story parking structure. and it was a dummy. but my dad came in, he saw the clip, and he got so pissed that i would risk someone's life filming a scene. and it was lake a victory. i was like, you know, he believed it. he thought it was real. >> jimmy: that's all you can ask for. we have some footage here.

you as a young man on a public access television show. you somehow booked yourself on this show. let's take a look. >> this show? >> jimmy: j.j. abrams. >> i hear you have a couple other souvenirs. >> yes, the makeup man, dick smith, who has done "the exorcist" and many other films to his name. he sent me the tongue which was used in "the exorcist," the original. in one scene she's sitting on her bed -- >> this is it? [ laughter ] >> that's nice. it's clean. he wrote -- in his little letter, he said old but clean. i wouldn't otherwise. >> jimmy: that's very cute. not donald we have that, j.j. we have a clip from one of those movies, those super 8 movies you made as a kid. >> oh, good. by the way, you know someone told me about that clip, it was recorded 30 years ago today. >> jimmy: 30 years ago -- >> today. isn't that weird? >> jimmy: another mystery from

your world. that is weird. >> yeah. >> jimmy: let's look at one of your very first monster movies. i think it's called "the attic." do you recognize that? >> i hate you, jimmy. >> jimmy: all right. ♪ >> ahh! ♪ >> get out of here! >> we have to go in the attic. now we seek revenge. you must die. >> you die! you die! >> jimmy: a young denzel washington in the role of the killer. [ applause ] well, you've come a long way. >> thanks, that was greg -- >> jimmy: that was greg? really. >> and chris gordon. >> jimmy: does greg have a cameo in this particular film?

>> his voice is in "super 8." i'm so glad that was on national tv. >> jimmy: well, it's a terrific -- congratulations on the movie. it's really great. it's called "super 8." are you guys going to go see the movie? you've got a whole bunch of people that are going to go see the movie. >> i'll tell you, do you guys want to see it? [ applause ] you guys want to see it tonight? [ applause ] i got some buses outside. >> jimmy: what a coincidence. >> we'll give you a ride and we'll give you -- >> jimmy: there you go. "super 8" opens in theaters tomorrow. j.j. abrams, everybody. kathy griffin. we'll be right back with friendly fires. can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste?

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>> jimmy: this is their new album. it's called "pala." here with the song "blue cassette," friendly fires. ♪ ♪ i found a tape in my back garden ♪ ♪ a blue cassette covered in dirt ♪

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